Values History Management Team Mark S. Speers Paula Ness Speers Skip Irving Marie Schiller Bill McPhee Susan Posner Christof Marré Kristin Ciriello Pothier Margaret Kemp Carlson Community Service Skip Irving, Partner and Managing Director Skip has spent more than twenty years advising companies on business strategy, technology commercialization, R&D planning, and mergers and acquisitions in the medical products industry. A pharmacist by training, Skip's practice focuses on pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. Prior to joining Health Advances, Skip helped found seven life sciences companies as Vice President for Commercial Development at the Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Institute (MBRI). Earlier in his career, Skip founded and led the pharmaceutical consulting practice for Arthur D. Little, Inc. He has also previously worked in manufacturing and product development for AstraZeneca, and he contributed to the founding of t. Breeders, Inc., which eventually became ViaCell, Inc. and was purchased by Perkin Elmer. Leveraging his knowledge of the biopharma industry, Skip has developed a practice advising not-for-profit disease organizations on their investments and relationships with industry. He serves on the Board of Directors for the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. Skip graduated from the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and earned his MBA at the Amos Tuck School at Dartmouth College.

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